A Day in the Hospital

 

3 more days to end of attachment. YESSS....... I can see it coming...........

Well, something interesting happened today. As my ward doesn't have any patient with Nasogastric tube (NGT), my clinical instructor brought me to another ward to witness a NGT feeding.

Later at night I was to do it myself. She showed me to the patient's bed, it was screened cos other nurses were helping him with stuff. So we waited outside.

When they were done and curtains were drawn, me and my friend were kinda appalled by what we saw. 1/4 of the patient's head was gone, so it was like a huge dent in the head. He was also contractile and kept making grunting noises.

Anyway, he became my guinea pig, quite a big challenge considering it was my first time feeding through a tube. SO what happened was... When I opened the cap at the mouth of the tube, some of the stomach's hydrochloric acid splattered on my dear face.

Ewww... I was traumatized for a while. I could SMELL it and felt a slight burning sensation in my eye but thank God it didn't go into my eyes but near it only.

Well, the procedure still had to go on! It was just mild acid so nothing to fuss over... While pouring the liquid food (something like beige-coloured milk) into the tube, the patient made a relatively loud grunt. My heart jumped cos I was so focused on pouring those stuff and there were many other things to take note of at the same time...

Phew. Thank God the feeding was done smoothly. :) It took about half an hour? After that I had to daze for a while to collect back myself hahaha.

Does it sound like fun? Hahaha~ :)